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. Jasper Fforde. Penguin Highbridge (Aud); Abridged
edition. 2002. 
Book review by Jane
This novel is the first in what promises to be literally a literate series of Thursday Next stories. Thursday Next is not just some ordinary librarian heading to work every day; instead, she works hard to keep books safe from intrusions, as stories have lives of their own in her world and are worth saving. Literature is definitely something to protect, and Jane Eyre comes in danger. To top things off, just as the story of Jane Eyre is turning sour and the threat to her story life is eminent, Thursday Next’s love life takes tumultuous flips.
The story is hilarious and every character is charmed. There is no mixing
of the good and the bad in the characters, and that is about the only
thing that is predictable in the turns of this story. There are clever
twists on classic stories cited that may not be clear if you haven’t
read some of the classics, especially Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)
By listening to the audio of this book, I may have missed some spellings, especially of names, that must have added to the story. But I thoroughly enjoyed having this story read to me.
Jasper Fforde has shown great imagination with Thursday Next and her
high adventures. I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the
series. The
Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel
Jane.
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